Road signs in Belgium are defined in the Royal Decree of 1 December 1975 on general regulations for the road traffic police and in the use of public highways. They generally conform to the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals. The official typeface on road signs in Belgium is SNV.
Belgium signed the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals on November 8, 1968, and ratified it on November 16, 1988.
Warning signs
- A1a: Curve to the left
- A1b: Curve to the right
- A1c: Double curve, first to the left
- A1d: Double curve, first to the right
- A3: Steep descent
- A5: Steep ascent
- A7a: Road narrows
- A7b: Road narrows on the left
- A7c: Road narrows on the right
- A9: Opening bridge
- A11: Quay or riverbank
- A13: Uneven road
- A14: Road hump
- A15: Slippery road
- A17: Loose surface
- A19: Falling roads
- A21: Pedestrian crossing
- A23: Children
- A25: Cyclists
- A27: Wild animals crossing
- A29: Domestic animals crossing
- A31: Roadworks
- A33: Traffic signals
- A35: Low-flying aircraft
- A37: Crosswinds
- A39: Two-way traffic
- A41: Railroad crossing ahead with gates or barriers
- A43: Railroad crossing ahead without gates or barriers
- A45: Railroad crossing (single track)
- A47: Railroad crossing (multiple tracks)
- A49: Tramway crossing
- A50: Traffic queues likely
- A51: Other danger
Priority signs
- B1: Yield
- B3: Yield in 150 metres
- B5: Stop
- B7: Stop in 150 metres
- B9: Priority road
- B11: End of priority road
- B13: End of priority road in 250 metres
- B15: Intersection with priority
- B17: Intersection with priority to the right
- B19: Yield to oncoming traffic
- B21: Priority over oncoming traffic
- B22: Bike may pass a yellow or red light to turn right, after yield
- B23: Bike may pass a yellow or red light to go straight, after yield
Prohibitory signs
- C1: Do not enter
- C3: No vehicles in both directions
- C5: No entry for motor vehicles with more than two wheels and motorcycles with sidecar
- C6: No entry for motor vehicles with four wheels, constructed for off-road use, with an open bodywork, a steering wheel as on a motorcycle and a saddle
- C7: No entry for motorcycles
- C9: No entry for mopeds
- C11: No entry for bicycles
- C13: No entry for horse-drawn vehicles
- C15: No entry for horse riders
- C17: No entry for hand carts
- C19: No entry for pedestrians
- C21: Weight limit
- C22: No entry for buses
- C23: No entry for trucks
- C24a: No entry for vehicles transporting dangerous goods
- C24b: No entry for vehicles transporting flammable or explosive goods
- C24c: No entry for vehicles transporting water polluting goods
- C25: Length limit
- C27: Width limit
- C29: Height limit
- C31a: No left turn
- C31b: No right turn
- C33: No U-turn
- C35: No overtaking
- C37: End of the overtaking restriction
- C39: No overtaking for vehicles with a maximum allowed mass of over 3,5 tonnes
- C41: End of the overtaking restriction for vehicles with a maximum allowed mass of over 3,5 tonnes
- C43: Maximum speed
- C45: End of the maximum speed restriction
- C46: End of the restrictions imposed on moving vehicles
- C47: Toll post
Mandatory signs
- D1a: Ahead only
- D1b: Turn left
- D1b: Turn right
- D1c: Pass on left
- D1d: Pass on right
- D1e: Turn left ahead
- D1f: Turn right
- D3a: Turn left or ahead only
- D3b: Turn right or ahead only
- D4: Directon of vehicles transporting dangerous goods (turn left)
- D4: Directon of vehicles transporting dangerous goods (ahead only)
- D4: Directon of vehicles transporting dangerous goods (turn right)
- D5: Roundabout
- D7: Cycleway
- D9a: Segregated path for pedestrians and cyclists
- D9b: Segregated path for pedestrians and cyclists
- D10: Shared path for pedestrians and cyclists
- D11: Footpath
- D13: Bridlepath
Parking signs
- E1: No parking
- E3: No stopping
- E5: No parking from the 1st till 15th day of the month
- E7: No parking forbidden from the 16th till last day of the month
- E9a: Parking permitted
- E9a: Parking permitted, when using parking disk
- E9a: Parking reserved for the disabled
- E9b: Parking reserved for motorcycles, cars, vans (< 3.5t) and minibusses
- E9c: Parking reserved for trucks
- E9d: Parking reserved for coaches
- E9e: Parking mandatory on the verge or sidewalk
- E9f: Parking mandatory partly on the verge or sidewalk
- E9g: Parking mandatory on the road
- E9h: Parking reserved for campers
- E9i: Parking reserved for motorcycles
- E11: Half-monthly parking restriction in built-up areas
Indicatory signs
- F1a: Start of a built up area
- F1a: Start of a built up area
- F1b: Start of a built up area
- F1b: Start of a built up area
- F3a: End of a built up area
- F3a: End of a built up area
- F3b: End of a built up area
- F3b: End of a built up area
- F4a: Start of a 30 km/h speed zone
- F4b: End of a 30 km/h speed zone
- F5: Start of a motorway
- F7: End of a motorway
- F8: Tunnel
- F9: Start of a motorroad
- F11: End of a motorroad
- F12a: Start of a living street
- F12b: End of a living street
- F13: Turn lane(s)
- F14: Advanced stop line for bicycles
- F15: Indication of the choice of direction
- F17: Bus lane
- F18: Bus and tram lane
- F19: One-way road
- F21: Pass on either side
- F23a: Number of a national road
- F23b: Number of a motorway
- F23c: Number of an international road
- F23d: Number of a ringroad
- F25: Direction sign
- F27: Direction sign
- F29: Direction sign
- F31: Direction sign (over motorways)
- F33a: Direction sign
- F33b: Direction sign (valley or stream)
- F33c: Direction sign (touristic destination)
- F34a: Direction sign (important public destinations)
- F34b1: Direction sign (for cyclists, horse riders and pedestrians)
- F34b2: Direction sign (for cyclists, horse riders and pedestrians)
- F34c1: Direction sign (touristic destinations for cyclists, horse riders and pedestrians)
- F34c2: Direction sign (touristic destinations for cyclists, horse riders and pedestrians)
- F35: Direction sign (touristic destinations)
- F37: Direction sign (hotels, hostels, restaurants ...)
- F39: Direction sign (detours)
- F41: Direction sign (detours)
- F43: Municipal boundary
- F45: Dead end
- F45b: Dead end, except for pedestrians and cyclists
- F47: End of roadworks
- F49: Pedestrian crossing
- F50: Cyclist and moped crossing
- F50bis: Warning for cyclists and/or pedestrians when turning in
- F51a: Crossing for pedestrians below ground
- F51b: Crossing for pedestrians above ground
- F52: Emergency exit in tunnel
- F52bis: Emergency exit route
- F53: Healthcare facility (hospital, nursing home ...)
- F55: First aid post
- F56: Fire extinguisher
- F57: Stream
- F59: Parking lot
- F60: Parking garage
- F61: Telephone
- F62: Emergency telephone
- F63: Fuel station
- F65: Hotel or motel
- F67: Restaurant
- F69: Bar/café
- F71: Camping area
- F73: Trailer park
- F75: Youth hostel
- F77: Information point for foreigners or touristic information
- F79: Reduction of lanes
- F81: Lane displacement
- F83: Cut through median
- F85: Traffic allowed in both directions on a one-way road
- F87: Hump
- F89: Speed limit on certain lanes in ...m
- F91: Speed limit on certain lanes
- F93: Radio station broadcasting traffic information
- F95: Runaway ramp
- F97: Reduction of lanes
- F98: Emergency bay
- F99a: Start of a road or part of a road reserved for pedestrians, cyclists horse riders and drivers of speed pedelecs
- F99b: Start of a road or part of a road reserved for pedestrians, cyclists horse riders and drivers of speed pedelecs with segregation
- F99c: Start of a road or part of a road reserved for farm vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists horse riders and drivers of speed pedelecs
- F101a: End of a road or part of a road reserved for pedestrians, cyclists horse riders and drivers of speed pedelecs
- F101b: End of a road or part of a road reserved for pedestrians, cyclists horse riders and drivers of speed pedelecs with segregation
- F101c: End of a road or part of a road reserved for farm vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists horse riders and drivers of speed pedelecs
- F103: Start of a pedestrian zone
- F105: End of a pedestrian zone
- F111: Cycle street
- F117: Start of a low emission zone
- F118: End of a low emission zone
- F119: Start of an airport zone
- F120: End of an airport zone
Additional signs
- M1: Only for bicyclists
- M2: Except bicyclists
- M3: Except bicyclists and mopeds class A (mofas)
- M3bis: Except bicyclists and mopeds
- M4: Except bicyclists
- M5: Except bicyclists and mopeds class A (mofas)
- M5bis: Except bicyclists and mopeds
- M6: Compulsory for mopeds class B
- M7: Forbidden for mopeds class B
- M8: Only for bicyclists and mopeds
- M9: Bicyclists coming from left and right
- M10: Bicyclists and mopeds coming from left and right
- M16: Forbidden for mopeds class B and P (speed pedelecs)
- GXI: Sign above only applies to the exit
- GXa: Start of a parking regulation
- GXb: End of a parking regulation
- GXc: Parking regulation during the following ...m
- GXd: Repeating a parking regulation
- GVIId: Parking reserved for the disabled
Icons
- S1: Airport
- S2: Exposition center
- S3: Harbour
- S4: Car ferry
- S5: Business and industrial zone
- S10: Police department
- S11: Fire department
- S12: Civil protection
- S13: Cemetery
- S14: Bus terminal
- S15: Train station
- S16: Goods station
- S17: City hall
- S18: Religious building
- S19: Court building
- S20: Car shuttle train
- S21: Post office
- S30: Sports center
- S31: Castle
- S32: Ruins
- S33: Monastery/abbey
- S34: Cultural, recreational or amusement park
- S35: Image of a monument or important landscape
- S36: Park
Obsolete signs
New road signs
New and improved road signs are used from 1 September 2026.
- A1a: Curve to the left
- A1b: Curve to the right
- A1c: Double curve, first to the left
- A1d: Double curve, first to the right
- A3: Steep descent
- A5: Steep ascent
- A7a: Road narrows
- A8: Soft shoulders
- A9: Opening bridge
- A11: Quay or riverbank
- A13: Uneven road
- A14: Road hump
- A15: Slippery road
- A16: Ice or snow
- A17: Loose surface
- A18: Reduced visibility
- A19: Falling roads
- A21: Pedestrian crossing
- A23: Children
- A25: Cyclists
- A27: Animals crossing (big game)
- A27: Animals crossing (livestock)
- A31: Roadworks
- A32: Traffic queues
- A33: Traffic signals
- A35: Low-flying aircraft
- A37: Crosswinds
- A39: Two-way traffic
- A41: Railroad crossing ahead with barriers
- A43: Railroad crossing ahead without barriers
- A45: Railroad crossing (single track)
- A47: Railroad crossing (multiple tracks)
- A49: Tramway crossing
- A51: Other danger
- B1: Yield
- B5: Stop
- B9: Priority road
- B11: End of priority road
- B15: Intersection with priority
- B17: Intersection with priority to the right
- B19: Yield to oncoming traffic
- B21: Priority over oncoming traffic
- B22: Yield to cyclists
- C1: Do no enter
- C3: No vehicles in both directions
- C5: No entry for motor vehicles with more than two wheels and motorcycles with sidecar
- C7: No entry for motorcycles
- C8: No entry for tractors
- C9: No entry for mopeds
- C11: No entry for bicycles
- C13: No entry for horse-drawn vehicles
- C19: No entry for pedestrians
- C21: Weight limit
- C22: Axle weight limit
- C23: No entry for buses
- C24: No entry for trucks
- C25a: No entry for vehicles transporting dangerous goods
- C25b: No entry for vehicles transporting flammable or explosive goods
- C25c: No entry for vehicles transporting water polluting goods
- C26: Length limit
- C27: Width limit
- C29: Height limit
- C30: No entry for vehicles towing caravans
- C32a: No left turn
- C32b: No right turn
- C33: No U-turn
- C35: No overtaking
- C41: End of the overtaking restriction
- C39: No overtaking for vehicles with a maximum allowed mass of over 3,5 tonnes
- C41: End of the overtaking restriction for vehicles with a maximum allowed mass of over 3,5 tonnes
- C43: Maximum speed
- C45: End of the maximum speed restriction
- C46: End of the restrictions imposed on moving vehicles
- D1a: Ahead only
- D1b: Turn right ahead
- D1c: Turn left ahead
- D1d: Pass on right
- D1e: Pass on left
- D1f: Turn right
- D1g: Turn left
- D3a: Turn right or ahead only
- D3b: Turn left or ahead only
- D3c: Turn left or right
- D4: Directon of vehicles transporting dangerous goods
- D5: Roundabout
- D7: Cycleway
- D8: End of cycleway
- D9: Segregated path for pedestrians and cyclists
- D11: Shared path for pedestrians and cyclists
- D13: Footpath
- D15: Bridlepath
- E1: No parking
- E3: No stopping
- E9: Parking
See also
References
- "Koninklijk besluit van 1 december 1975 houdende algemeen reglement op de politie van het wegverkeer en van het gebruik van de openbare weg" (PDF). static.tijd.be (in Flemish).
- "Convention on Road Signs and Signals Vienna, 8 November 1968". United Nations. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- "Handleiding verticale signalisatie" (PDF). wegenenverkeer.be (in Flemish).
- "United Nations Treaty Collection". treaties.un.org. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
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